—BEDFORD, Pa.-
FRIDAT ::::: t s : : : FEB. 14. 1862.
B.F.Meyers, Editor & Proprietor.
GREAT VICTORY AT ROANOKE ISLAND!
The Telegraph informs us that the Burn
aide Expedition has taken possession of Roanoke
Island, on the coast of North Carolina, taking
2500 rebel prisoners, and sinking and captur
ing the whole rebel gunboat flotilla. O. Jeo
ningi Wise, son of Ex. Gov. 11. A.Wise, is re
ported to have been killed in the battle.
The Meeting on Monday Night.
The gathering at the Court House, c.n Mon
day evening last, was one ot the largest politi
cal meetings ever held in this place at February
court. Thp speeches delivered on thpoccasion
were excellent, and did not fail in producing a
favorable effect upon the minds of the apprecia
tive audience. MR. CESSNA'S vindication of his
course in ousting Mr. Householder, was one of
the strongest and most forcible efforts we have
ever heard on any similar subject. There was
no denunciation in the speech—not one word
but a vein of the keenest, subtlest Falire perva
ded it; in humbler phrasp, it was a complete
"skinning" of ihose who are now making war
upon Mr. Cessna. The address of Maj. CRESS
WELL, was also one of much eloquence 3nd
beauty. Messrs. TATE and PALMER made short
speeches, but acquitted themselvps ably, as usu
al. The resolutions adopted are of the "right
•tripe," and were received with unanimous fa
vor. On the whole, the signs exhibited by this
meeting, aie highly propitious lor the Democra
cy. The people have made up their minds
dire necessity has taught them—to restore the
Democratic party to power, and they will do it
89 sure as the sun will rise on the day of thp
next Presidential election.
A Truth well Told.
HON. A. HARDING, a Uaion member of Con
gress from Kentucky, in a recent able and pa
triotic speech, made the following emphatic
statement:—
The ultra abolitionists, whether they know
it or not, have been and now are giving the
most successful aid to the disunionists of the
South, and makine the most successful war up
on the Union. The great and prevailing ar
gument of the leading disunioni.t, in the South
and in the border States, has been, and still is
that the North, in violation of the constitution,
intended, and was about to turn the struggle
into a war for emancipation, and thus "plunge
the whole population, white and black," into a
remorseless and bloody struggle. —By this ar
gument alone he has succeeded in seducing and
drawing into the rebellion, thousands of mis
guided men. Without it, he would have been
powerless; and this argument has been furnish
ed and put into his mouth by the Northern abo
litionists. This has been the great question of
debate that loyal men have met and battled a
gainst a thousand times all over Kentucky.
This is the view we have always held. The
handful of disunionistsper se in thp Southern
States, were furnished by abolitionists of the
North, with the very arguments they most
needed and desired to make use of in consum
mating their dark purpose to establish a sepa
rate confederacy. Every intelligent mind in
the North ought to have been able to have grasp
ed at once this now undoubted truth. But
though the Democracy labored hard and long to
impress it upon the pcpular intelligence of the
North, though the most solemn and earnest
warnings came to on from the Union men of the
South, the people would not hearken, and the
dreadful penally is now upon them. And,
now, whilst that penalty must be paid, let us
learn from the past and beware lest the fanatics
and fools who have already ruined us half, will
not finish the job through our patient and su
pine sufferance.
Fnlon Ulctorifs.
The recent triumphs of the Union arm? at
Somerset, Kv., and Fort Hertiy, on the Tennes
see river, throw a gleam of hope upon the hith
erto gloomy prospect of the war. These suc
cesses, however, must soon he followed up by
movements on a larger scale, if we are to en
tertain any reasonable expectations of a speedy
suppression of the rebellion. A decisive victo
ry must be won bpfore the 13th of April next,
if we would prevent the intervention of for
eign powers. At any rate, it i 9 time that our
army should do something effective, and whilst
we have entire confidence in the military abil
ity of our commanding generals, we think there
'is a "screw loose" somewhere that prevents
more speedy action. Is it in the Cabinet, or
ars the contractors still in the way? We shall
tee by and by.
An Acquisition.
We have the pleasure of announcing to our
readers that Mr. DAVID BORDER, of Schellsburg,
formerly attached to the Republican organi
sation, has accepted the true political faith and
entered his name on the great roll of the grand
Democratic amy. Mr. Border wan a member
of the Committee on Resolutions at the Dem
ocratic meeting on Monday nigbt.
(C"Gen. STONE has bsen arrested for high
treason and incarcerated in Fort Lafayette. He
■•Hi ha tried by • court martial.
TAG DHMUGIMS COUNCIL!!
GRAND POPULAR DEMONSTRATION I
i Pursuant to previous notice, the Democrats of
Bedford county assembled in Mass Meeting at
the Court House, on Monday evening, the 1 Oth
inst., and on motion of John S. Schell, Esq.,
organized by the appointment of Col. F. D.
BEEGLE, of St. Clair, as President; J. W.
Dickerson, Bedford bor., T. Gepharl, Bedf'd tp.,
P. J. Shoemaker, Colerain, J. B. Anderson, Esq.
C. Valley, W. Egulf, Harrison, Fred'k. Hilde
hrand, Juniata, Jos. Crisman, Liberty, W. Bun
nell, Londonderry, David Evans, Monroe,' P.
H. Sludebaker, Napier, D. A. T. Black, East
Providence, W. Foster, West Providence, John
Feaster, St. Clair, Samuel Burket, Union, John
B. Fluke, Esq.,S. Woodberry, D.\ C. F. Oellig,
M.Woodberrv, M. Reed, Esq., Schellsburg, and
Thomas Donahoe, Southampton, as Vice Presi
dents; and John G. Fisher and Jos. Horn, as
Secretaries.
On motion of Hon. W. P. Schell, the meet
ing adopted the following :
Reiofved, That a committee of two from each
I Borough and Township, be selected to report
j resolutions exprssive of the sense of the meet
| ing, and to select a Delegate to the next State
Convention, and to appoint thiee Senatorial
I Conferees to meet Conferees from Somerset and
I Huntingdon counties to select a Senatorial dele
| gate to said Convention.
i The following committee was then appointed:
| W. P. Schell, John Palmer, W. L"ary, J. W.
| Tomlinson, Philip Morgait, P. J. Shoemaker,
| PerryMorgart, Samuel Boor, Thomas Growden,
| James Elder, John Corley, jr., John Long, John
| Lowry, David Evans, Lewis Howsare, Robert
I Taylor, D. A, T. Black, A. J. Morgart,W. Fos
| ter, J. Aldstadt, A. J. Crisman, A. Ake, M.
Wertz, John Brumbaugh, D. B. Kochenderfer,
I Henry Culp, David Border, John Bridges, Da
vid Walter.
On motion of B. F. MEVERS, the Hon. JOHN
CESSNA was called upon to address the meeting.
Mr. Cessna responded in an able and eloquent
effort, sustaining bis course in the contest with
Mr. Householder, and refuting completely and
most triumphantly the charges brought against
him by his personal opponents and the enemies
of the Constitutional rights of Bedford county.
After Mr. Cessna had concluded, on motion
of Mr. Meyers, MAJOR JACOB CRESSWELL, of
Huntingdon Co., was introduced to the meeting,
and made an eloquent, patriotic and instructive
address, assigning Abolitionism as the cause of
the war, but denouncing Secession as the worst
of crimes.
Able speeches were also made by Major S.
H. TATE, and JOHN PALMER, Esq.
The Committee on resolutions, through their
chairman, Hon. W. P. SCHELL, reported the fol
lowing resolutions which were unanimously a
dopted, after which the meeting adjourned with
three hearty cheers for the Democracy, the
Constitution, and the Union:
Resolved, That the people are indebted to the
Democratic party for the greatness, the glory
and the power of the Republic. That paity,
when the storm of night closed over the ship of
State, directed its course with safely. All other
parties are the mere barnacles which adhere to
the bottom of the noble vessel.
Resolved, That if the wise teachings of the
Democratic party had prevailed, the twin cau
ses of the present rebellion, Abolitionism and
Secession ism, would have been strangled long
ago.
Resolved, Thai we are in favor of giving the
Government a warm and cordial support in its
efforts to crush out treason and rebellion, and
that we will strengthen the arm of the Presi
dent in carrying out his conservative policy,
against the mad schemes of Abolitionism.
Resolved, That the machinationsofthe North
ern Abolitionists to force the President into the
position of making war, "for the abolition of
slavery," rather than for "the preservation of j
the Union and their traitorous and unholy j
efforts to bring about the removal of General'
McClellan from the chief command of the ar-!
my, are (rauglit with great danger to the coun
try, and should receive the condemnation of
every patriot.
Resolved, That however much we may differ
in opinion as to (he right of the President to
suspend the writ ol Habeas Corpus, we must
admit that the imprisonment of such traitors as
Beecher, Lovejoy, Greely, and others of that
character, could be extenuated on the ground of
imperative public necessity.
Resolved, That we always have been, and j
are now, unalterably opposed to any fusion or
affiliation of the Democratic party with anv
other organization. That we denounce the dec
laration that Democrats cannot support the Gov
ernment in carrying on the existing war, as a
vile aspersion on our party. We deem it un
necessary to renounce our Democratic ftith,
and embrace the errors of Republicanism, or
Abolitionism, in order to discharge the duties
we owe to our country.
Resolved, That we consider the Republican
and Abolition parties unequal to the great emer
gency. The war must be closed, and the conn
try must be saved, through the instrumentality
of the Democratic party.
Resolved, That the opposition party, by their
extraordinary Horse Policy, have justly earned
the appellation of the "'Horse Parly," and by
that name should he hereafter known in the his
tory of their collapsed organization.
Resolved, That these venerable, dilapidated,
lame, halt and blind horses, which were pur
chased for Government service, but died of old
age before entering on such service, are entitled
to the commiseration of all honest men for their
unfortunate association with a band of thieves.
Resolved, That we congratulate the freemen
of Bedford county, on their successful effort •<>
strangle Jordan's gerrymander, by which the
Somerset mill-stone was attached to the neck ol
the Bedford county Democracy. Hereafter old
Bedford will hold herself erect constitutionally
among her sister counties of the State.
Resolved , That the course of the Hon. JOHN
CESSNA, as our Representative in '.he Lower
House of the State Legislature, has our emphat
ic endorsement, and we especially commpnd his
truly splendid and laborious efforts to restore to
our county her constitutional right to separate
representation in that body.
Resolved, That Jacob Reed be selected as the
Representative Delegate to the next State Con
vention : and that John Palmer, VVm. Foster,
and William Keyser, be appointed conferees to
meet simitar conferees from Somerset and Hunt
ingdon counties, for the purpose of selecting a
Senatorial Delegate to said Convention.
DEATH OF Mr. DANIEL MlLLEß.—Another
good and useful citizen has fallen benealh the
hand of Death. Our respected and cherished
friend, DANIEL MILLER, of Morrison's Cove, is
no more. His decease took place on Wednes
day, sth insl., at his residence in South Wood
berry township, alter the brief illness of four
days. Mr. Miller was a man esteemed and
bploved by all who knew him and especially
goby his near neighbors and intimate acquain
tance. He was a patriot of the true stamp,
ready at all times to sacrifice his own personal
good for the welfare of the community. He
was a member of a sect well known for its
simple and unobtrusive piety, and for its con
sistent adherence to that sacred humanitarian
annunciation, "Peace on Earth, Good Will to
Men," and was looked upon as a leading man in
its councils. Peace be with him!
Letter from a Soldier
CAMP PATTERSON, Feb. 4, 1862.
MR. EDITOR :
Alter being obscured for two or three weeks,
almost all the time, the sun rose this morning
in a beautiful sky, his appearance being wel
come, indeed. With the exception of Sunday
last, this is the most beautiful day we have had
for three weeks. The snow is about five inches
deep and sufficiently soil for the soldiers to in
dulge in the very exhilarating amusement of
"snow-balling" each other, which is about all
we can do, now, as the snow prevents us from
drilling, except in the sword exercise, and then
it is too cold lor the feet. Thinking that, per
haps, your numerous readers would like to bear
from the Bedford county boys, through the col
umns of your excellent paper, I thought I would
occupy a lew leisure moments in wiiting some
news, which if you see proper to give a place
in your paper, you may do so.
And now for what little news there is. In
; the first place, with the exception of one or two
I cases, the boys are all well ; those that are sick,
! are not very seriously so, mostly bad colds.
They are all "spilin"' for a fight, anxious for a
, chance to measure swords with the rebels, and
it is with difficulty that they can be kept on
j this side of the line that separates us from the
| "Land of Dixie." But every thing must have
j its lime, and it takes a great deal of time to e
quip aod prepare a regiment of cavalry for ac
tive service, and I think IJncle Sam must be
very flush of "Spondulicks," or else the contin
ual heavy drafts made upon his purse would
have emptied it long before this time; be that
as it may, it was thought that to-morrow there
would be another draft made on his purse, as it
was very generally reported that the pay-mas
ter would be here to-moirow to hand over some,
of the "needful ;" but it seems that we will be.
disappointed again, as the report is contradicted
(his evening.
The mon are wrv anxious for Iheir money,
as it is very inconvenient doing without money.
Our sutler issues tickets and sells at two prices.
Our regiment is commanded by Col. R. But
ler Price, and consists of twelve companies,
some of which are not quite full yet. The re
' giment numbers about nine hundred, all told,
j The Colonel is an excellent drill otficer, and
I a whole-souled gentleman, and is very kind to
j his men. The Quarter Master's department is
I in the hands of John A. Ellison, who is also
[ a fine man. The citizens ol Philadelphia have
presented him with an excellent sabre and sash,
the scabbard being handsomely decorated. The
! dfficeis commanding the regiment are all well
drilled and fine men. Our company is cotn
! manded by Capt. G. Middleton, VV. VV. Ander
son being first Lieutenant. The Captain is a
good drill officer. He belonged to the First
Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, which was
in the three months service. II I mistake not,
the Colonel was also in the three months ser
vice. as aiJ-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Patterson.
Our company consists of 83 men, and is one
of the best drilled in the regiment, if not the
very best. Our captain is very much beloved
by all the men. There is an Irishman in the
company who says it is an offence punishable
with death, to stop a cannon ball when dis
charged from '.he mouth of a cannon.
Our camp is situitted between the Schuylkill
and Delaware rivers, on a neck of land called
Point Breeze, which runs to a point where the
two rivers unite, and hence the name. We
have a very pleasant camp ; it is within the
limits of the city, though some distance from
the city proper. The country down here is far
different from Bedford county. Instead of moun
tains and hills, we have an almost level coun
try, sufficiently rolling, however, to relieve the
eye. We have what are called Sibley tents,
with a stove in them, which keep us very com
fortable llirouglklhe inclemencies of the weath
er. To-day we have fine sleighing, and the
lads and lasses of Philadelphia, are having a
fine lime of sleighing past our camp at a 2.40
pace ; while we, poor soldiers, can do nothing
but look on and admire. But pever mind!
we'll have our fun when the war is over and
We shall have done fighting. The way we will
put things through then will be a sample for
the rest of mankind. The way the girls will
have to suffer when we get home, will be a cau
tion to old maids, as we have no chance lor a
"squeeze" down here, and we will have to
make up for lost time. We all were the recip
ients of a neat pair of hose, knit by the fair la
dies of Bedford, f>r which they received our
heart felt thanks and three rousing cheers into
the bargain. We are determined to prove true
to Ihem and our country, and if they (the stock
ings) keep our feet ns warm as our hearts are
towards the fair donors, thera will be no danger
of our toes freezing.
It is not known when we will go down South.
We are anxiotft to be in actual service, and I
think there will he more satisfaction among the
soldiers, when that time comes, as they are dis
satisfied with this "masterly inactivity." We
have nothing to complain of in the way of clo
thing and food, as we have plenty of both and
Iho very best that Uncle Sam can afford. But
I must close. More hereafter, if this is accep
table. Yours truly,
BLOODY RUN.
| REPORTED CAPTURE OF SAVANNAR. —There
j is a telegraphic report, as we go to press, to
j the effect that Savannah, Ga., has been taken
j by the Federal troops; also, that Fort DoneUon
j has been captured. This looks like work, if
i true. MCCLELLAN seetns, after all, to have
•! known what he was about.
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Highly Important Wat" News.
SURRENDER OF FORT HENRY-
Gen. Tilghman and Staff Taken Prisoners
Yesterday about noon a brief '.elegtapic dis- i
patch was received that Fort Henry, on the i
Tennessee river, bad, alter an engagement of
over an hour, surrendered to the Federal expe- j
dilion which recently railed from Cairo. Last j
night we received, through the Associated j
Press, the subjoined dispatches, giving some j
highly interesting details. It will he seen that !
General Lloyd Tilghman, formerly of this city, j
who had the command ol the tort, is a ptisoner |
of war, wit> his staff" and 60 men:
Particulars of the fight—Two Rebel Generals j
and Tnree other Officers, with 100 Privates,
Made Prisoners—The Memphis and Ohio
Railroad Bridge taken Possession of.
CAIRO, Feb. 7th.— Fort Henry, on the Ten
nessee river, surrendered yesterday at two
o'clock, alter a determined resistance. I'lie
fight lasted one hour and twenty minutes, and
was conducted on our pait by the gunboats 1
Cincinnati, Essex and St. Louis. The Cmcin- !
nati fired 125 rounds, arid received 3iflshots !
from the .rebel guns, hut had only one man kill- '
ed. The St. Louis fired 110 rounds and receiv- J
ed no damage.
The Essex was disabled at the tenth round by j
a ball striking her boiler. By this occurrence I
she had 32 men killed, being scalded to death j
with the hot water and escaping steam.
Capt. Porter was badly scalded, but not dan
gerously so.
Two rebel generals, one colonel and two
captains, and ]OO privates were taken priso
ners.
The fort mounted seventeen guns
Our land forces did not reach the scene ol
action for two hours alter the surrender.
The Memphis and Ohio railroad bridge, fif
teen miles above the fort, has been taken pos
session of by onr troops.
Interesting Particulars of the fight The Sur
render of the Fort.
CINCINNATI, Feb, 7. —The Gazette and Com
mercial Cairo correspondents give the follow
ing interesting account of the bombardment and
capture ol Fort H-nry.
Yesterday, at 12 o'clock 33 minutes p. m ,
the gunboats Cincinnati, St. Louis, Carondelet
and Essex, the Tyler, Conestoga and Lexing
ton bringing up the rear, advanced boldy a
gainsl the rebel works, going to the right of
Painter Creek Island, immediatly above which,
on the east side of the river, stand the fortifi
cations. Keeping out of range till at head of
the island and within a mile of the enemy, and
then passing the island in full view of the reb
el guns, we steadily advanced, every man be
ing at quarters.
Every ear was strained to catch the flag of
ficer's signal gun for the commencement of the
action.
Our line of battle was on the left, the St.
Louis next the Carondelet, next the Cincinnati,
(lor the time being; the (lag-stiip, and having on
board flag oilicer Fogle,) and next the Essex.
We advanced in line—the Cincinnati a
boat's length ahead, when at 12.30 the Cincin
nati opened the ball, and immediately the three
nccompaying boats followed the example, and
the pnemy, no ways backward, gave an admir
able response.
The fight raged furiously for half an hour,
hut we steadly advanced toward the enemy,
receiving the leturning storms of shot and shell,
when, getting within 300 yards ol the enemy's
works, we came to a stand, and poured into
them right and left.
In the meantime the Essex had heen disa
bled and drifted away from the scene of action,
leaving (he Cincinnati, Caroncielet and St. Lou
is alone engaged!
At precisely forty minutes past one o'clock
the enemy struck their colors, and such cheer
ing and such wild excitement as seized the
throats, arms and caps of the four or five
hundred sailors of the gunboats can't be imagin
ed, much less described.
After the surrender—which was made to
Com. Foote by Gen. Tilghnian, ho defended
his fort in the most determined manner—we
found that the rebel infantry encamped outside
o! the fort, nurrbering four or five thousand
men, hail cut and run, leaving only ail artillery
comparer in command of the fort.
They mounted seventeen gun, mostly 32 and
31-pounders—one being a magnificent 10-inch
Columbiad.
Our shot? dismounted two gun*, driving th
enemy through the embrasures. • One of llnir
rifled 32 pounders hurt. dining the engag.-
ninnt, and wounded the gunn-iv.
The rebels raptured claim to hive hai but
eleven eff ctive guns, vvorUd by hi run: the
number, all told, < I the pi is nun taken. I'h-y
| lost five killed and ten bally wounded.
The infantrv left everything helnnd them in
their (light, and a vast deal ol their plunder has
! lallen into our hands, including a large and
I valuable quantity ol ordinance siores.
I Gen. Tilglmian appeared disheartened, He
thinks the capture of the tort is one o! the
"most damaging blows of the war. In surren
| deling to Com. Foote he lennrked, 1 1 arn g'a I
I to surrender to so gallant an officer."
I Com. Foote replied, "You do perfectly right,
' sir, in surrendering, but you should have blown
j my boats out of water before I should have sur
• rendered to you."
In the engagement the Cincinna'i wa in
the lead, and flying the flag officer's pennant,
| which was the chief mark. Flag officer Foote
j and Capt. Stemble crowded Iter defiantly into
! the teeth ot the enemy's guns. She got thirty
j one shots, some going completely through her.
I The Essex was badly crippled when about
I IIJII throng the tight, aid crowding st-adily n
gainst the enemy, a Call went into her port side
j through a forward port, then throng the heavy
j bulkhead, and going squarely through one of
jhr boilers, the escaping steam scalding and
; killing several of her crew.
| Capt. .Porler and his aid, S. P. Brillon, Jr.,
I and Paymaster Lewis, w *re standing m the di
j reel line of the ball's passage—Brillon being in
! th" centre of th" srronp, the shot struck hint on
! the lop ol his head, scattering his brains in ev
ery direction. Tit" escaping at earn went into
j the pilot house and tnskan'ly killed Foril and
1 Ihide, the pilots. Many of tit- soldi'is, at the
I rush of steam, jumped overboai'd an I were
drowned.
The Cincinnati had only one mm killed and
six wounded.
The Es-'ex had six seamen killed, two officers
and seventeen nr.en wounded an I five missing.
There were no casualties on the St. Louis or
j Corendelst, though the shot and shell upon
I them like rain.
; The St. Louis was commended by Captain
i Leonard Paulding, who stood upon the gon
j boat and fought his guns to the last. Not
man flinched,and with cheer upon cheer sent
i shut and shell among (lie enemy,
j Official Account of Hit Surrender of Fort
Henry—Gen. Tilghman and Staff and Six
I ly Other Prisoners Taken Twenty Cannon
! rind Seventeen Mortars Captured.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.— The Navy Deput
, ment, at two P. M. to-day, received the lollotv
i ing important dispatch:
i U. S. Flag Steamer Cincinnati, I
0(1 Fort Henry, >
Tennessee Hirer, Feb. fi, 1862 )
To Hon. Gideon Wells, of the Navy.
I The gunboats under my command Essex, Cnm
j tr.ander Porfer: C'aronrielet, Com'r VValter; Cin
(cinnati, Commander Steuebel; St. Louis, Lt.
Cotnd'g Paulding; Cnnestoga, Lt. Commander
Phelps; Taylor, Lt. Commanding Gvvinn, and
Lexington, Lf. Comd'g Shirk—after a severe
and rapid fire of one hour and a quarter, have
captnrrd Foit Henry, and have taken Gen.
Loyd Tilghman and staff and CO men as pris
oners.
The surrender to the gunboats was uncondi
j tional, as we kept an open fire upon them until
their flag was struck. In ha IT an hour after the
| surrender I handed the fort and prisoners over
to General Grant, commanding the army, on his
| arrival at the fort in force.
The Essex had a shot in her boilers, and after
fighting most effectually lor two-thirds of the
action, was obliged to drop down the river, as
1 hear that several of her crew were scalded to
death, including the two pilots. She, with th/
other gunboats, officers arid men, fought with the
greatest gallanlrv.
The Cincinnati received thirty-one shots, and
had one man killed and eight wounded, two se- •
rionslv.
The fort, with twenty guns and seventeen j
mortars, was defended by Gen. Tilghman with I
the most determined gallantry.
I will write as soon as possible.
I have s>nt Lieut. Commanding Phillips anil
three gunboats after the rehel gunboats.
A. H. FOOTE, Flag officer.
The Star of this evening says:
"The rebels had a sustaining force of some
fifteen thousand (as believed here this morning)
hovering around Fort H f, nry to sustain tt.—
That this force has either been routed bv Gen.
Grant, (who was co-operating with Commodore
Foole's gunboats,) or fi d b fore Grant's army,
leaving the fort to its fate, is plain from the fact
that Grant stood ready an I able to receive the
f >rt an ! prisoners from the Commodore half an
hour after the latter had taken them."
IFF*PROTESTS AGAINST THE ABOLITIONISTS
DESECRATING THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.—
We are glad to see that Professor Henry "pro
tests" against the perversion of the Smithsonian
Institute to the purpose of Abolition lecturing.
Smithson left his nr agnilicent legacy to found
an institution "for the increase ol knowledge a
mong men," and not to open a hall for the
brawling politicians to harangue in. Those
howling dervishes, Greeley and Cheevei and
Garrison are odious enough any wheie. but the
last place they should presume to desecrate is
an institution intended for the prosecution of
those studies and reseaiches which benefit man
kind.
[CP" A DILEMMA. —At the recent election in
Illinois for members of a Constitutional Con
vention, the Democrats achieved a glorious vic
tory, literally sweeping the State.—Conse
quently, the Convention, wh : ch has just con
vened at the State Capitol, contains a large ma
jority of Democrats—in fact, nearly three
fourth? of the body are members of that party.
The Republicans are very much wortied at Ibis,
and are fearing (poor souls ) lest the Conven
tion should by its action secessionize the State.
Rut a lucky idea occurs to them in the midst of
their gloom and despondency, which is, that the
government should arrest by a lettrc de cnc/iet
the Democratic members of the Convention and
confine them in Fort Warren. This ridiculous
proposition we find in a Utter to the New York ;
Times from Chicago. Such a proceeding would :
be a slight stretch of power, the letter admits,'
bnt then just to think of the unparallelled auda-!
city of the Democrats in out-voting the Repub
Means
[CPTt is reported that the division under!
command of General Thomas has commenced .
a forward movement, into Eastern Tennessee, I
from three different points,
Kuslnml Ih-itrmiurd on litlmrnu#,,
[Correspomtenra of the .New y o; |, Ti mes j
Lo.W-,J,n. 20.-11 ~ possible thai Vllll
, "*P'Cted, wlirn M -ssrs. AJ.H-M, „<! Si.,fell 1, ,
, ' ""' ,r Secretaries were Sl r r . rll |, N
f | lo lh- British (, ni, that the prepar
j lions lor war .villi Am tic. would be at ~'ncJ
( sin, ,ml -d, an.l ships a~l legimen's recall,.,i
, ,ls> ~V'.p hav- r„ikoue,| with nit youi | los i
I ( John Hull has spoil lour millions ol pounds—
I t went v mi'lions of dolla's —lo rescue MAS-,,,
; ; and Slid-11. and you may d-qwnu upim p vv
, ar ) absolute cerlai.nly, that lie will jp so . nt , w
get the worth ol his money. '
I | I lo* war prepraaal ion* are in no degree re
j lax 01, much l"ss suspended. The sierl | | atKl j
j Warrior has gone to Am-iica, via Lisbon, and
; : <> Englishman ikmlits that shy can s'tea,,,
; straight up HIP Narrows, past your seven li.rip
; a 'i'l through their concentrated (ire, take her
i j position in the North River, opposite Hobnken
| and hold New York at her mercy. The Gov
j i eminent Arsenal al Woolwich is sending 0 (T
; one million of trinie-carlridges a day. (Vten
; and material are going forward to America,
jus! as it the "rebel CnmmisMon/rs" or '•prel
| ; lunchd Ambassndnrs," had not been surrender
, ed, and just as il the Government had no doubt
| that (he war would go on just as it would have
; done had Mr. Lincoln hesitated lo reverse the
j.j decisions ol Northern jurists.
I ; Do you wish to know the reason why? [
have very honestly endeavored to enlighten
1 von— that is, if you are in any darkness or any
' | d.nibt about it. ENGLAND—POTENTIAL ENG~-
1 LAND—ALL OF ENGLAND THAT HAS ANY POWER
j TO ACT IN TUG MATTER, WANTS ONI.V A DECENT
j BXCU.sC TO INTERFERE, SECURE THE INDEPEN
DENCE OF THE SOUTH, orcN THE BLOCKADE, AND
BRING THE WAR TO A SUDDEN TERMINATION. Jf
; !lie North submits to her interpretations of Na
tional la*', that is all lor the p->sent; if the
North resists, England goes for a ratification
of boundaries, such as will give greater security
|to tier North American provinces. She is not
■ satisfied with the Northeastern boundary. She
; watt's a good harbor on the Atlantic. Port
. laud would suit very well. She is not satisfied
I Yvi.'hlhe proximity of Fort -Montgomery at
j Rouse's Point to Montreal. She is sotrv she
ever gave i.p the Columbia river. She wants
I tree trade. More than all, she wan's cotton.
Even among the mod zealous abolitionists I
i have met here, I do not find any great sympa
thy with Northern efforts to preserve the IJn-
I ion. They have heard that Union denounced
t,r j'' ars, by tli'i-ir own, and by American Ab
' olilion orators, as a compact to uphold Slavery.
They see no sense in fighting f,r a C institution
which they have always understood lo be a
j "covenant with hell." If you will throw the
I Constitution overboard, with all its engage
j menu and compromises in It-half of Slavery,
j and figlilon the John Brown platform for the
destruction of SI ivery, pure and simple, there
: will'be no lack ot abolition sympathy. But
1 this will not h"|j) you with the Givernment
jor governing classes. The Abolition sentiment
of England and France has never hindered the
j purchase of one pound of slave cotton, or rice.
!or sugar and tobacco. They may preach in a
I thousand pulpits, and publish through a lilin
j dred Presses, that Slavery is theft, but they
I have never applied to themselves the maxim
I that "the receiver is as bad as the thief." All
I the abolitioo sentiment in England will not
j guarantee one p*nnv a pound preference to tree
I cntlon. It is therefore of no practical value,
j ami not to b' taken into account in the esti-
I male of political probabilities.
- The Treatment of Dipt'ieria-
We notice that this insidious disease is be
coming quite prevalent in some pails o( the
country. It-is a malady that it not arrested at
i's very outset, is almost crlain to prove fatal.
As soon as the fu st symptoms appear, a phy
sician should bo instantly summoned. Mean
time, until the doctor arrives, temporary re
lief can he afforded by garglyig the throat every
ten minutes with a strom* decoction of common
suit and water. Make it as strong as the pa
! t'ienl can endure it without strangling, sav a
| leasponnful ofsalt to two tablespoonsful of wa-
I ter. In many instances this simple remedy
! has been known to entirely check the disease,
j without the aid of any further prescription.—
Chronicle.
THE SLAVES OF PREJUDICE
DEATH ROBBED OF HIS FRLY.
There are queer people in the wotlj, people
with the most al surd, unreasonable, and inde
fensible prejudices. For example, we have
met with individuals who ha I a morbid antip
athy to anything that was extensively adver
tised, no natter what might be its actual claims
to the confidence ot the public. These eccentrics
looked with especial disavor on advertised med
icines. Thy conhl not see, (or example, in
Dr. HOLLO W AY'S magnificent system of ad
vertising, covering, as it does, all th mediums
of publicity which the world affrrds, anything
hut a gigatitic scheme of mere speculation.
Till'*, they c uild not gainsav the testimony
pouring in spontaneously from the high est sour
ces, in favor ol his incomparable Pill t and Oint
ment, but still they shonk their heads an I mut
tered "humbug." Ot course then- is no possi
bility of arguing with men who won't reason.
The best way is to let them alnne. Fortunate
ly such specimens of stupidity are "few and tar
between" in this enlightened era. The gene
ral feeling is thai if a tiling is in itself excel
lent, its virtu s should he proclaimed lo the four
\v inds ol heaven lor the general benefit ol man
kind. Hence the proclamations made by Dr.
HOLLOWS R through the entire newspaper press
ill the world, ol the propertiesand opeialion of
his remedies, meets with the cordial approval of
thinking men. The value of the preparation*
as specifics for the various internal and external
complaints peculiar to different climates, or
common to the world at larger Is conceded not
only by the masses, but hy governments, men of
science, and candid observers in every walk of
life. Can such remedies be too widely known 1
Impossible! Cin. Dollar Columbian.
EIO! FARMERS,
LOOK TO YOU II INTERESTS-
Buy an individual i ight tor a Horse Rake.
Anv farmer that can make a common harrow
can make one. If made according to my in
structions, I will guarantee it to work as well
as any oilier spring tooth rake ever invented,
and this will cost only from S"' to $U>, accorri
ing as you manage in getting it made. I will
send hy mail a certificate of right for one rake
with full instructions for $2. Address (with,
stamp,)
C. F. WALKER,
Benfonl'a Stow, Somerset Co.
Satisfactory references ran be given it
required.